By LinDee Rochelle
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First tagged by LinDee Rochelle "Blast from Your Past! (the DJ book!)"
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Welcome Boomers! In the 1950s, 1960s & 1970s, wherever you were, whatever radio station you listened to and whichever DJs brought you the music, you loved it, lived it, or lambasted it while it was happenin', but we can look back at it now with a lopsided grin and a knowing wink. We were THERE.
Coast to coast, border to border, DJs, disk jockeys, deejays, announcers, jocks - whatever term you remember them by - were once our energetic keepers of the music world. Blast from Your Past! (TM) Rock & Roll Radio DJs: the First Five Years 1954-1959 brings 'em back!
Dedicated to Wolfman Jack, with many tidbits, fond anecdotes and quips from those who worked with him - BFYP: the First Five Years invites you to relive the memories of the malt shop, and enjoy the moment ... again.
Hanging out with our friends, a tinny transistor radio blaring, our favorite DJ told us what songs to listen to, what records to buy, what to dance to, and listened to us when we called in to ask why. As a social network of unparalleled music-lover unity, live radio is quickly fading in today's automated programming.
This $3.99 ebook price is an introductory teaser! On July 1, 2011 the price will increase to $4.99. That's also when you should look forward to the full-throttle print version -- Blast from Your Past! Rock & Roll Radio DJs who ROCKED Your World! 1954 ~ 1979, Vol. I, coming soon. The First Five Years peeks behind the mic of 15 Rock & Roll DJs who were there in the beginning. The 25-year print version introduces you to 26 more, and continues the journeys of many of the first 15.
Large and small radio markets throughout the country - WIBG/Philly, WINS/NY, KCBQ/San Diego, WOKY/Milwaukee, KIOA/Des Moines, KAFY/Bakersfield (CA), WCYN/Cynthiana (KY) and many more - provide backdrops that will amuse and amaze. Read behind-the-microphone stories from Cousin Bruce Morrow, Ron Riley, "Louie, Louie" producer Ken Chase (Mike Korgan), Dr. Don Rose, "Frosty" (Forrest) Mitchell, and more!
Complete in its own right, BFYP: the First Five Years even includes one of the three bands interviewed who attribute a significant amount of their success to a friendly DJ.
Foreword by Lonnie Napier, Wolfman Jack's 25-year friend and business VP; Special Introduction by Bill Gardner, DJ extraordinaire. Read more
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